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Jul. 4th, 2008
11:21 am - Fun!
I am having a blast just hanging out here with Steph in NYC. She is just as I remember her-beautiful and fun.
We got food when I got in last night at a latin/asian place. The salsa was tolerable but more like enchilada sauce. I liked it. It was expensive but still tasty. :) I've decided most of my allocated funds for this trip will be food and not more crap, other than a gift for J-he wants a beer stein. This is okay with me.
On the airplanes I took lots of pictures.
In the airport, I had an odd conversation with a self-proclaimed high-school bully. She was interesting-she had turned around once she hit the adult world and realized people don't like hanging out with bullies in the adult world. She seemed very sweet.
I watched a lady take care of her child for a while. She did it wonderfully, full of patience. She never raised her voice and the child (probably around a year old) just did what she was supposed to. It was so surreal. I told her so, and she immediately borrowed my services a couple of times. I can't imagine having to carry around so much stuff, but I suppose diapers and such take up room.
08:58 am - Traditional
It's the 4th of July, and once again I'd like to urge you to celebrate it in the traditional manner, by overthrowing a tyrannical ... ah, fuck it.
Now back to your regularly scheduled downhill slide into fascism and tyranny.
10:32 am - A Lady Who Should Write a Book on Parenting
Yesterday, we were in a local crafts store. As you can imagine, it was somewhat busy, since people are getting ready to make cutsesy tabletoppers and placemats and stuff for their Fourth of July celebrations. There's a little girl running around the aisles unsupervised, which was remarkable, because there aren't that many poorly behaved kids in this area.
My husband and I meet up to check out. The line is longish. We're about fourth, and there are a bunch of people behind us. A woman in front is taking forever because she's unloading items from her cart one by one and talking to the toddler in the cart seat before handing each item to the cashier. ("Do you like THIS one? Mommy likes it TOO!") Finally she completes her transaction, and the next woman in line begins to check out.
At this point, the Mommy turns to the store and starts yelling a kid's name at the top of her lungs. She doesn't go and look for the kid, she just stands there and yells across this large store. It's crowded, but quiet, so this was weird and awkward. In about three minutes, the unsupervised kid comes skipping up with a bunch of toys in her hands. The mom asks her to put the things down and come here, and the kid stands on the other side of the checkout counter and dances. Rinse and repeat. Rinse and repeat. Finally mom goes over and tells her that they have to go, but the girl doesn't want to without her new things.
Now the parent returns to her cart (on the "finished" side of the checkout lane) with the new items. In front of us is a teenager. The mom waits until the teenager is about to check out, then steps up and says loudly, "You won't mind if I just cut in here, will you, for my kids?" Of course she waited until the meekest looking person in line was up there! The cashier and teenager were both so stunned they didn't know what to do. I said, "I mind," rather loudly, but the cashier rang her out.
Here's the stunning part. She finishes paying, and then turns to all of us and says, "I'm sorry! I just had to check out without standing in line! If I didn't my kids would have been cranky, and then you would have all been subjected to a temper tantrum! Trust me. I'm doing you a favor."
Uh...what? I'm supposed to be grateful that you inconvenienced me so that you can continue to enable your children to be poorly behaved? I know why you can't manage them: you ask the little girl to stand with you, and when she doesn't do what she's told, you reward her by buying her stuff. That's some brilliant parenting. I hope that this woman comes out with a book and a set of educational DVDs.
02:45 pm
On our Q&A forums:
Q: What is the company’s policy on paid time off to attend fertility/IVF treatments?
A: None, we suggest that for these situations you either take unpaid leave or use some of your annual leave
Comment from original poster:
So let me get this straight, in order for me to have a baby I have to use up my annual leave or suffer financial hardship by taking unpaid time off? This sounds like discrimination against parents!
Translation by ![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif)
commanderd : "Wahhhhhhh, I want paid time off for me to have sex! Wahhhhhhhhhhh I shouldn't have to WORK for my money!"
09:27 am - Lush Town pt.2 Tomorrow
I don't know if everyone is aware, but this weekend is Part 2 of Lush Town Launch at Lush Stores. This was posted on the facebook group:
It’s party time at Lush Cosmetic stores this weekend, a celebration of our new “Lushtown” phenomenon and the latest Retro gift, “Summer RetroLush” only available in shops.
What!? Never heard of Lushtown? Visit www.lushtown.com to watch Part 1 and Part 2 trailer now.
There’ll be demos, competitions, prizes and lots of gangsters
(don’t worry; it’s just staff members dressed up).
Come along and enjoy the fun; find your nearest Lush shop at: http://www.lush.co.uk/LushLife/Stores.aspx.
Face Book Group
Have Fun! :)
(Hope this is OK to post)
12:24 am - never to early to feel entitled
just a rant because I know you people will understand...
I work in video production (shooting, editing, etc.). Until this week, I worked with a lady who I generally liked and had a bit in common with.. but she is in her mid-30's and has been apparently trying to get pregnant for a while now. (yeah, maybe not as much in common as I thought..).
The other day we were shooting in the studio and she was scheduled to run a hand-held camera for two half-hour shows. Given, studio cameras are heavy and nobody really likes to do hand-held. It's a crappy job, but it's gotta be done sometimes and she was given the task. Commence the ranting and raving..
L: "[our boss] KNOWS I'm taking fertility treatments!! and you're not supposed to be lifting heavy things when you're pregnant!! yet she put me on hand-held camera for a whole hour! I can't believe it!"
me: "so are you pregnant?"
L: "it's only been a week.. too early to tell."
Soooo it's too early to tell if you're pregnant but early enough to claim entitle-moo status?
for pete's sake!
(needless to say I didn't cry when she quit at the end of the week)
Current Mood: ![[mood icon]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/neko/kaokitty/grumpy.gif)
grumpy
05:37 am
Finisterre is back for a third round on Friday 25th July in the newly renovated basement of The Academy ingenuously called The Academy II!
Fully equipped with a new state of the art PA system and Laser lights the venue is a much needed remedy to the complacent Gothic/Metal/Industrial scene in Dublin.
Returning to the decks on the 25th is Laura Lee-Conboy from Phantom FM.
Laura Lee is well known for her show on Phantom FM, Spiral Stares, which is the only radio show that consistently plays music from the darker side of the Alternative scene.
Laura Lee DJ'd at the inaugural Finisterre on the 27th of May and went down a storm, hence her return.
more info at: http://www.myspace.com/phantomspiral
Dealing with the Metal front, Darragh from Invictus Productions is more than capable. Darragh founded Invictus Productions way back in 1999 with the intention of releasing and distributing Irish Metal acts.
Since then Invictus has gained worldwide respect and distributes and releases bands for all over the globe.
Darragh has DJ'd at Der Blutharsch and Whitehouse aftershows for Tower Promotions as well as one of Dublin's
earliest extreme Metal clubs Valhalla and also guests in Dublin's number one Metal bar Bruxelles.
more info at: http://www.invictusproductions.net/
Resident DJ Eric will also de DJ'ing on the night. Having been heavily involved in the Gothic/Industrial scene since the very early nineties you can expect new music from both genres and of course the classics from the good old days!
FINISTERRE
The Academy II
57 Middle Abbey Street,
Dublin 1.
Doors Open 10pm till late.
Admission: €8 before 12, €10 after
more info at:
http://towerpromotions.gothic.ie/finisterre
http://www.myspace.com/towerpromotions
email: towerpromotions@neubauten.org
09:44 pm
My sister and i were tossing around the idea of video taping my moms rememberance/memorial (whatever it is called) I only have a sony camcorder i salvaged from my flatmate's junked stuff, while it works pretty good its still a analog recording. its coolest feature is its night vision.
same story with the one my sister has.
I know its kinda late momentish, and we are still not even sure we want to record it, and if we did how well it would work, its likely to be out doors, so there is likely to be wind and changing lighting, and people milling about so without someone manning it and its likely to make things a little less spontaneous.
But anyway does anyone happen to have some sort of DV camcorder (one that records to dvd's would be ideal, but any kind tat talks usb or firewire would work.) they are cool for lending out for saturday? if the answer is no that simplifies if we want to do it! ;-D so don't feel pressured to find your sisters half brothers cousin who had one back in Nam..
09:31 pm - oh the humanity of the humanity
Whatever you need, and however badly you need it, do NOT go to Walmart the night before the fourth of July.
*Lurch noise*
10:12 pm - Stuff and Junk
Automatically shipped by
LoudTwitter02:24 am - Luxuriant milestones
I've decided what's to come. Not in a big life-changing way, just in a small way really.
( Cut for potential trigger )
Jul. 3rd, 2008
06:24 pm
It's kind of a miserable day so far. Kitty had to go to the vet this morning, and the AC is both out 'til Saturday and going to be X-Pensive. We've put the chocolates up in the refrigerator so they're not damaged by the heat. Gah.
11:44 pm - Lush
..are having a Retro Products sale in the store this weekend. Apparently, it's a bit of a lottery in that they don't know what Head Office is sending them. Stuff should start becoming available from about 11 a.m. tomorrow in the store opposite T.C.D. (I assume it's the same in Henry St. but I could be wrong)
Anyhoo, if there's a fave product that seems to be discontinued, drop in over the next few days and you might just be lucky! I'm going to check for NarcotiK.
Current Mood: Tired, for the right reasons.
03:28 pm - Last minute ride needed!
We need to get to the airport at 10 tomorrow morning, and the ride that I thought we'd had lined up fell through. Is anyone up for some super-exciting "driving us to the airport" action?
(We do have a ride lined up for when we get back.)
04:18 pm - yep
kriskanaly: we need to have a Hellkat dance party soon
haley luna: eff yes
haley luna: ill stay away from the cherry dresses so you wont get all hot for me
haley luna: bc i was TOTALLY going to wear one
kriskanaly: oh man ... well if you don't want some bonafied lovin ... then that'll do it
haley luna: bonerfied
myusernameiserin: friedboner
myusernameiserin: 'dude, my boner is fried'
haley luna: this shit is cashed
haley luna: cached
myusernameiserin: dude, who cached the boner?
haley luna: omg
myusernameiserin: told you not to hit that boner so hard dude
haley luna: cached. cookies.
haley luna: the internet is totally ripping off pot smoking
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